JK News Today

Jammu, February 3 : All Parties meeting on Panchayat polls will now be held on  Sunday instead of  Saturday, according to sources in the Chief Minister’s office.

The meeting will be held at the banquet hall at Chief Minister’s residence in Jammu on Sunday at 3 p.m.

Sources said that the meeting had to be postponed  because of the protest by the political parties who were miffed at the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq Khan convening the meeting .

“ The minister has no locus standi to convene all parties meeting,” a political leader conveyed to Chief Minister’s office .

They relented only after  Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti decided to chair the meeting .

All the recognized political parties have been invited to the  meeting.